The considered problem is how to optimally allocate a set of jobs to technicians of different skills such that the number of technicians of each skill does not exceed the number of persons with that skill designation. The key motivation is the quick sensitivity analysis in terms of the workforce size which is quite necessary in many industries in the presence of unexpected work orders. A time-i...

While the United States was once the premier leader in industrial strength and influence, countries previously unable to compete with the United States in both technological and economic arenas have made drastic changes in the way they develop and produce goods. Through modernization of their factories and by using innovative organizational systems, these so called non-industrial countries have...

Introduction Victoria has been in the fortunate position for some time of having an undergraduate course in health information management to provide a steady supply of HIMs to work in our hospitals, the DH, and in other related organisations. This has resulted in HIMs being the primary source of skilled personnel to undertake clinical coding services in Victorian hospitals. With the introductio...

Heavy equipment overhaul facilities such as aircraft service centers and rail-yards face the challenge of minimizing the makespan for a set of preventive maintenance (PM) tasks, requiring singleor multiple-skills, within workforce availability constraints. In this paper, we examine the utility of evolution strategies (ES) to this problem. Comparison of the computational efforts of ES with exhau...

BACKGROUND The Lao People's Democratic Republic is facing a critical shortage and maldistribution of health workers. Strengthening of the health workforce has been adopted as one of the five priorities of the National Health Sector Strategy (2013-2025). This study aims to identify, explore, and better understand the key challenges for strengthening the Laotian health workforce. METHODS This s...

As the United States passed through another election phase last fall, we again heard about the increasingly unequal earnings prospects of America’s workforce. While there are many suggested remedies, making educational opportuniies more available to all is the most common.1 Proponents of this approach believe that rising returns to education can be attenuated by increasing the supply of highly ...

motivation is one of those factors affecting the success and quality of athletic performance. however, limited research has been conducted on the motivational traits of iranian athletes. this study aimed at describing the motivational traits of skilled and novice athletes of team and individual sports in some selected sports fields. players of national teams of the individual sports of karate, ...

The view that welcoming refugees represents a cost to country's welfare services has become anachronistic; nowadays are increasingly recognised for their high levels of education and skills, ability make an economic contribution host country. Yet, most states' approach migration management prevents displaced people from migrating based on the human capital they can supply. Australia is triallin...